Safe for toilet articles.



S. ELBION.

SAFE FOR TOILET ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1914.

1,1 32,463. Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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SAFE FOR TOILET ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO" PHOTU-LITHOH WASHINGTON, D. C1

SAMUEL ELBION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFE FOB TOILET ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 15, 1914. Serial N 0. 839,176.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ELBION, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safes forToilet Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to safes for toilet articles and the like, theobject being to provide a device by which any individual may lock up allthe toilet articles to be used by him and prevent the unauthorized useby others.

It consists in a casing having a chamber in which may be stored thesmaller toilet articles to be used, such as tooth brushes and powder,nail brushes, etc., said chamber being closed by a door adapted to belocked, while the exterior of said casing is provided with members forlocking the hair brush and comb, these members being locked by meanslocated within the casing and preferablv secured to the door thereof.

The invention further consists in certain novel features of constructionand arrangement of parts which will be fully understood by reference tothe description of the drawings and to the claims hereinafter ven.

Of the drawings: Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a deviceembodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 represents ahorizontal section, the cutting plane being on line'2--2'on Fig. 1. Fig.3 represents a vertical section, the cutting plane being on line 3-3 onFig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a horizontal section, the cutting plane beingon line 44 on Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents an elevation of a portion of theinner face of the door and a portion of the casing, and showing themeans for operating the locking devices for the toilet articlessupported on the outside of the door, and Fig. 6 represents aperspective view of the comb support.

Similar characters designate like parts throughout the several figuresof the drawings.

In the drawings, 10 represents a casing having hinged thereto at,11 thedoor 12 adapted to be locked to the casing by the lock 13. A keyhole 14is provided in the door 12 for the insertion of the key to the lock 13.The casing 10 is provided with suitable ears 15 by which it may besecured to a wall or other member. The door 12 is providedwith a towelrack 16 and has an opening 17 therein, behind which is secured amirror.l8 by means of clips or similar members 19. The interior of theeas- Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

ing is provided with a horizontal shelfv 20 upon which may be storedsmall toilet articles, such as tooth brushes, nail brushes,

tooth powder, and the like. A vertical partition 21 divides the spacebelow the shelf 20 into two compartments, in one of which small toiletarticles may be placed, while in the other the shaving brush 22 and soapdish pivoted to another fiat member 29 which is.

pivotally connected by a screw 30 to a bracket 31.

The screw 30 extends through a slot 32 in the member 29 so that when thebrush 22 and cup 23 are not in use the shaving outfit may be folded intothe left hand compartment as indicated in Fig. 1 in dotted lines, themember 29 being moved to the rear to permit the various members to becontained within this compartment. The slot 32 permits this rearwardmovement. shaving outfit is to be used it is moved into the positionshown in Fig. 2 at which time the member 29 rests in a slot 33 in theedge of an inwardly extending flange 34: formed upon the left hand wallof the casing 10.

Secured to the front of the door 12 is a bracket 35 having a verticalplate 36 at its front end, this plate having hinged thereto When the Iat 37 the U-shaped member 38 adaptedto receive the handle of a brush asindicated in Fig. 1. Normally the U- shaped member is free to move aboutthe hinge 37 to permit the positioning of the brush therein or itsdisplacement therefrom. A forked member 39 is provided with forked endsadapted to straddle said U-shaped member to prevent movement thereofabout said hinge 37, thereby locking the brush 40 and preventing itsunauthorized use- This forked member 39 has a shank 41 extending throughthe door 12 and provided with a head 42 between which and the inner faceof said door is interposed a spring 43 adapted normally to retain saidforked member 39 in inoperative position. The member 35 is provided withan ear 44 extending over said forked member 89 to prevent the latterfrom turning, and retaining the ends thereof in the same horizontalplane under all conditions. To the front face of the door there is alsosecured a comb support 45 formed of bent wire as shown in Fig. 6, thelower bends 46 thereof being adapted to support the end of a comb 47 asindicated in Fig. 1, while the bends 48 are adapted to register the backof said comb.

The main supporting member 49 of the comb support is provided with aforwardly extending rod 50 on which is adapted to move a plate 51 havinga plurality of fiat forward extensions 52, one of which is adapted toregister with the back of the comb 47 while the others are adapted toenter between two teeth of said comb and prevent its displacement fromthe support 45 and its unauthorized use.

Extending rearwardly from the plate 51 and through the door 12 is a rod53, the rear end of which is provided with a head 54 between which andthe inner face of the door 12 is interposed a spring 55 adaptedundernormal conditions to retain the locking plate 51 and its extensions52 in inoperative position, thereby permitting the positioning of thecomb 47 on its support 45 or its displacement therefrom. Beneath theheads 4254 is mounted a member 56, the ends of which are pivotallymounted in ears 57 secured to the inner face of the door 12. This member56 is provided with arms 58 adapted to engage the heads 4254 and forcethe locking devices 39-51 into operative position when ever the saidmember is moved into the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Themember 56 has pivotally secured thereto at 59 an arm 60 adapted toengage and coact with a clip 61 secured to the inner face of the door 12whenever the member 56 is in the position shown in Fig. 3, this coactionof the arm 60 with clip 61 locking the devices 39 51 in operativeposition.

Such a device isparticularly adapted for public toilets in officebuildings where each occupant of the building may have his individualtoilet articles locked up in such a manner as to prevent theirunauthorized use by others. It is believed that the many advantages ofthis device will be fully apparent from the foregoing description.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a safe for toilet articles, the combination of a casing; a combsupport secured to a wall thereof, and a movable forked member adaptedtostraddle the back of said comb with a prong thereof interposed betweenthe teeth thereof.

2. In a safe for toilet articles, the combination of a casing; a combsupport secured to a wall thereof, a movable forked member adapted tostraddle the back of said comb with a prong thereof interposed betweenthe teeth thereof, and means for locking said forked member in adjustedposition.

3. In a safe for toilet articles, the combination of a casing; a supportfor a toilet article secured thereto; a movable locking devicecoperating therewith to prevent the removal of said toilet article fromsaid support; a spring for normally retaining said locking device ininoperative position; a hinged member within said casing for moving saidlocking device into operative position, said member being provided witha lateral arm; and means coacting therewith for locking said member inadjusted position.

4. In a safe for toilet articles, the combination of a casing; a supportfor a toilet article secured thereto; a movable spring pressed lockingdevice cooperating therewith to prevent the removal of said toiletarticle from said support and extending through said casing; a memberhinged to the inner face of said casing and adapted to be moved againstthe inner end of said mow able member to force said member intooperative position; and means for locking said hinged member inoperative position.

5. In a safe for toilet articles, the combination of a casing; a supportfor a toilet article secured thereto; a movable spring pressed lockingdevice coiiperating therewith to prevent the removal of said toiletarticle from said support and extending through said casing; a memberhinged to the inner face of said casing and adapted to be moved againstthe inner end of said movable member to force said member into operativeposition; a clip secured to the inner face of said casing; and an armpivoted to said hinged member and adapted to coact with said clip tolock said hinged member in adjusted position.

Signed by me at 4 Post Oflice Sq., Boston, Mass, this 6th day of May,1914.

SAMUEL ELBION.

Witnesses:

WALTER E. LOMBARD, EDWARD F. ALLEN.

topics of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each. byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

